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Shown Here:Public Law No: 106-484 (11/09/2000)

[106th Congress Public Law 484]
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Public Law 106-484
106th Congress
An Act
To provide for the granting of refugee status in the United States to
nationals of certain foreign countries in which American Vietnam War
POW/MIAs or American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those
nationals assist in the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs
alive. <<NOTE: Nov. 9, 2000 - [S. 484]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Bring Them Home Alive Act
of 2000.>> assembled,
SECTION <<NOTE: 8 USC 1157 note.>> 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM. <<NOTE: 8 USC 1157
note.>>
(a) Asylum for Eligible Aliens.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status in the United
States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon the application of
that alien.
(b) Eligibility.--Refugee status shall be granted under subsection
(a) to--
(1) any alien who--
(A) is a national of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China,
or any of the independent states of the former Soviet
Union; and
(B) personally delivers into the custody of the
United States Government a living American Vietnam War
POW/MIA; and
(2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described in
paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) American vietnam war pow/mia.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the term ``American Vietnam War POW/MIA'' means an
individual--
(i) who is a member of a uniformed service
(within the meaning of section 101(3) of title 37,
United States Code) in a missing status (as
defined in section 551(2) of such title and this
subsection) as a result of the Vietnam War; or
(ii) who is an employee (as defined in section
5561(2) of title 5, United States Code) in a
missing status (as defined in section 5561(5) of
such title) as a result of the Vietnam War.
(B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include an
individual with respect to whom it is officially
determined under section 552(c) of title 37, United
States Code, that
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such individual is officially absent from such
individual's post of duty without authority.
(2) Missing status.--The term ``missing status'', with
respect to the Vietnam War, means the status of an individual as
a result of the Vietnam War if immediately before that status
began the individual--
(A) was performing service in Vietnam; or
(B) was performing service in Southeast Asia in
direct support of military operations in Vietnam.
(3) Vietnam war.--The term ``Vietnam War'' means the
conflict in Southeast Asia during the period that began on
February 28, 1961, and ended on May 7, 1975.
SEC. 3. AMERICAN KOREAN WAR POW/MIA ASYLUM PROGRAM. <<NOTE: 8 USC 1157
note.>>
(a) Asylum for Eligible Aliens.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Attorney General shall grant refugee status in the United
States to any alien described in subsection (b), upon the application of
that alien.
(b) Eligibility.--Refugee status shall be granted under subsection
(a) to--
(1) any alien--
(A) who is a national of North Korea, China, or any
of the independent states of the former Soviet Union;
and
(B) who personally delivers into the custody of the
United States Government a living American Korean War
POW/MIA; and
(2) any parent, spouse, or child of an alien described in
paragraph (1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) American korean war pow/mia.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the term ``American Korean War POW/MIA'' means an
individual--
(i) who is a member of a uniformed service
(within the meaning of section 101(3) of title 37,
United States Code) in a missing status (as
defined in section 551(2) of such title and this
subsection) as a result of the Korean War; or
(ii) who is an employee (as defined in section
5561(2) of title 5, United States Code) in a
missing status (as defined in section 5561(5) of
such title) as a result of the Korean War.
(B) Exclusion.--Such term does not include an
individual with respect to whom it is officially
determined under section 552(c) of title 37, United
States Code, that such individual is officially absent
from such individual's post of duty without authority.
(2) Korean war.--The term ``Korean War'' means the conflict
on the Korean peninsula during the period that began on June 27,
1950, and ended January 31, 1955.
(3) Missing status.--The term ``missing status'', with
respect to the Korean War, means the status of an individual as
a result of the Korean War if immediately before that status
began the individual--
(A) was performing service in the Korean peninsula;
or
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(B) was performing service in Asia in direct support
of military operations in the Korean peninsula.
SEC. 4. BROADCASTING <<NOTE: 8 USC 1157 note.>> INFORMATION ON
THE ``BRING THEM HOME ALIVE'' PROGRAM.
(a) Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The International Broadcasting Bureau shall
broadcast, through WORLDNET Television and Film Service and
Radio, VOA-TV, VOA Radio, or otherwise, information that
promotes the ``Bring Them Home Alive'' refugee program under
this Act to foreign countries covered by paragraph (2).
(2) Covered countries.--The foreign countries covered by
paragraph (1) are--
(A) Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, China, and North Korea;
and
(B) Russia and the other independent states of the
former Soviet Union.
(b) Level of Programming.--The International Broadcasting Bureau
shall broadcast--
(1) at least 20 hours of the programming described in
subsection (a)(1) during the 30-day period that begins 15 days
after the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) at least 10 hours of the programming described in
subsection (a)(1) in each calendar quarter during the period
beginning with the first calendar quarter that begins after the
date of enactment of this Act and ending five years after the
date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Availability of Information on the Internet.--The International
Broadcasting Bureau shall ensure that information regarding the ``Bring
Them Home Alive'' refugee program under this Act is readily available on
the World Wide Web sites of the Bureau.
(d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that RFE/RL,
Incorporated, Radio Free Asia, and any other recipient of Federal grants
that engages in international broadcasting to the countries covered by
subsection (a)(2) should broadcast information similar to the
information required to be broadcast by subsection (a)(1).
(e) Definition.--The term ``International Broadcasting Bureau''
means the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States
Information Agency or, on and after the effective date of title XIII of
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as contained
in division G of Public Law 105-277), the International Broadcasting
Bureau of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
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SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT <<NOTE: 8 USC 1157 note.>> STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION DEFINED.
In this Act, the term ``independent states of the former Soviet
Union'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the FREEDOM
Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801).
Approved November 9, 2000.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 484:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):
May 24, considered and passed Senate.
Oct. 24, considered and passed House.
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